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Modern Greek Idiom and Phrase Book

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Modern Greek Idiom And Phrase Book is the best book for learning spoken Greek. The book has tons of weird phrases that even my grandparents have forgotten. It brought a smile to their face to re-encounter all kinds of expressions that are seldomly used along with many useful phrases and words. If you want to learn Greek, buy this book; you'll love it. It even has readings to incorporate what you have learned. The book's split into 3 sections: Everyday Conversations, Idioms & Grammar, and at the end, there's a Greek-English dictionary.

Greeks use a lot of idioms in everyday speech.
This book has the most common ones. This is not slang and it is not vulgar language. It helped me.

This book covers a wide range of material and is nice for the intermediate to advanced student. For the beginning student, the first 40 pages are valuable as they deal with many everyday situations. The thing about idioms is that you can say what you want without them most of the time. For the price, however, it's not bad to pick up if you're interested.

When I started teaching myself modern Greek about a year ago, I really struggled with the grammar. I bought several books which offered contrasting methods, and got nowhere. I wondered if I would ever really get it.

Like Eliza Doolittle, this book did it for me! The way Prof. Tsirpanlis presents Greek grammar is so clear and simple that it all just clicked! I now feel confidant that I will be able to master basic Greek grammar.

If you're mainly interested in a phrase book, I would recommend the one by Lonely Planet, which offers a more extensive and up-to-date listing of common terms. But if you want to be able to read and really understand Greek, and feel confidant conversing in Greek, this book is absolutely the best.